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i talked to everyone who was with lyndon johnson in the hospital still alive, in boston with lyndon johnson. congressman jack brooks. lyndon johnson's devoted secretary, kennedy's secretary, they're always seemed to be other sources that have been overlooked. when i was doing this suddenly i came across a fact. a secret service regulations that if you were a member of the presidential or vice-presidential detail and there was an incident involving the president or vice president or the assassination was an incident, if there was an incident you had to at the first available opportunity type up a report with every detail you remember as chief of the secret service. i asked the secret service -- never got a reply but in the johnson library, forty-four million documents and i went to the chief archivist and said the there exist in this library those secret service reports and she said yes. and suddenly delivered to my desk 23 secret service men in that motorcade and also were involved in dallas that day. also a reports and they were bound in a volume that is called not a formal volume but a ca
i talked to everyone who was with lyndon johnson in the hospital still alive, in boston with lyndon johnson. congressman jack brooks. lyndon johnson's devoted secretary, kennedy's secretary, they're always seemed to be other sources that have been overlooked. when i was doing this suddenly i came across a fact. a secret service regulations that if you were a member of the presidential or vice-presidential detail and there was an incident involving the president or vice president or the...
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johnson. i'd like to show you just a page or two of the police report, just to confirm that. if you can see here, officer revis transported and booked johnson into the main jail for 594a3b vandalism and for 23103a reckless driving. and the report is kind of long so i'll go to another page of the charges. basically mr. johnson, he was actually filmed on video, for reckless driving and he deliberately swerved side to side, causing the vehicle to roll over and he was booked into the main jail and these are his charges, 594a vandalism over 5,000. the other thing that kind of disturbs me about that is that was a 16,000 pound vehicle -- truck. let me go on. so basically mr. johnson failed to appear for numerous hearings after i called him and told him that he would have some municipal code violations. only after a letter on may 10, informing mr. johnson that he needed to appear or his application would not be processed, he did appear. i informed him at that time he was in violation of the municipal
johnson. i'd like to show you just a page or two of the police report, just to confirm that. if you can see here, officer revis transported and booked johnson into the main jail for 594a3b vandalism and for 23103a reckless driving. and the report is kind of long so i'll go to another page of the charges. basically mr. johnson, he was actually filmed on video, for reckless driving and he deliberately swerved side to side, causing the vehicle to roll over and he was booked into the main jail and...
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johnson. you're not requesting any -- you don't object to the denial of the bay bridge permit at all. >> no. i don't deny -- i mean i'm not denying the bay bridge permit. i can understand that. >> it's the existing one. >> this is my existing permit, and all my eggs is in one basket. >> i understand. >> i got no way of providing for my family. >> i get it. i think i get it. >> questions relating to -- >> correct. >> thank you. officer fenarus you have rebuttal as well. >> there's a letter i sent mr. johnson back on -- looks like april, informing him that if he failed to appear at his last hearing in may -- >> this is for the denied permit in bay bridge, right? >> this is for, yes, bay bridge. >> i think we're on the revocation of the nelson permit. so do you have anything on that, in terms of applications or -- >> you know, that fell into the same category as bay bridge, basically there were no fingerprints and once he was fingerprinted he was in vials of the municipal code. >> do you have any
johnson. you're not requesting any -- you don't object to the denial of the bay bridge permit at all. >> no. i don't deny -- i mean i'm not denying the bay bridge permit. i can understand that. >> it's the existing one. >> this is my existing permit, and all my eggs is in one basket. >> i understand. >> i got no way of providing for my family. >> i get it. i think i get it. >> questions relating to -- >> correct. >> thank you. officer...
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winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are sort of in the same boat. i have been writing about lyndon johnson so long sometimes people ask me don't you get bored? the answer is the very opposite is true. i don't think of these books as being about lyndon johnson just like a power broker was not about robert moses. just to tell the life of a famous man from the moment i first thought about doing books i thought of biographies, i thought of biographies as a way of examining the great forces that shaped the times they lived in and particularly political power. why is political power so important? we live in a democracy. we have the power of the votes we cast that ballot boxes and the more we know about political power really works not as it is
winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are sort of in the same boat. i have been writing about lyndon johnson so long sometimes people ask me don't you get bored? the answer is the very opposite is true. i don't think of these books as being about lyndon johnson just like a power broker was not about robert moses. just to tell the life of a famous man from the moment i first thought about doing books i thought of biographies, i thought of biographies as a way of...
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miss johnson? >> i agree with that, the sfmta is one of the areas where we found the department whose money was going places that nobody was looking for. that is what i'm trying to talk about. and you can throw more money at it, but a lot of people who have been there have been there a long time running our state. and this is the result of where it's gone. if you are just throwing good money after bad. so you need to address the issues of where is the money going? and why are they not -- twitter got a tax break, a payroll tax break, but it was a lot more than that the public didn't hear about. we pay for a muni bus that is dedicated directly and only to where interstate twitter is located. they can afford to pay for a muni bus. they are also getting a police station, their own police substation. >> thank you, miss olague. >> it's easy to talk about the waste in upper management, but i think what we need is the political will to challenge that waste. and i think we have to look at it through the bud
miss johnson? >> i agree with that, the sfmta is one of the areas where we found the department whose money was going places that nobody was looking for. that is what i'm trying to talk about. and you can throw more money at it, but a lot of people who have been there have been there a long time running our state. and this is the result of where it's gone. if you are just throwing good money after bad. so you need to address the issues of where is the money going? and why are they not --...
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how does gary johnson feel about obamacare? what is your reaction to this and the supreme court ruling. >> guest: a good example of what we need when it comes to healthcare is free market approaches to health care, and health care in this country is about as far removed from free market as it possibly could be. government restricts the choices we have available to us. there's no advertised pricing. when this whole debate and discussion started up over healthcare, i would not have health insurance to cover myself for ongoing medical need. i would have health insurance to cover myself for catastrophic injury and illness, and i would pay as you good in a system that was very, very competitive. where i had a myriad of choices that it don't have today because of laws that restrict the availability of choices, but that i would have many, many choices when it came to drugs, and that i make these choices, and that the government doesn't make these choices. when the whole debate and discussion started up about healthcare? i had envision
how does gary johnson feel about obamacare? what is your reaction to this and the supreme court ruling. >> guest: a good example of what we need when it comes to healthcare is free market approaches to health care, and health care in this country is about as far removed from free market as it possibly could be. government restricts the choices we have available to us. there's no advertised pricing. when this whole debate and discussion started up over healthcare, i would not have health...
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johnson. here is list of his books beginning in 1999 with a book called, interface culture. emergence came out in 2002. mind wide open, 2005. everything bad is good for you. came out in 2005 as well. the ghost map, 2006. the invention of air, 2008. where good ideas come from. 2010. and his most recent is called, future perfect, the case for progress in a networked age. he is our guest for the next three hours. if you would like to dial in and talk with mr. johnson, 202 is area code. 585-3880. eastern and central, 585-3881. west, mountain and specific time zones. 2 2 is area code. contact mr. johnson electronically as well. booktv@cspan.org is e-mail address. wit -- twitter handle is@booktv. we'll take the calls in just a minute. mr. johnson, you mentioned twitter, am i right you were the first person on twitter to have over a million followers? >> oh i don't know if that is exactly true. i have a lot of followers on twitter. >> host: you were one of original users. >> guest: right. what happen
johnson. here is list of his books beginning in 1999 with a book called, interface culture. emergence came out in 2002. mind wide open, 2005. everything bad is good for you. came out in 2005 as well. the ghost map, 2006. the invention of air, 2008. where good ideas come from. 2010. and his most recent is called, future perfect, the case for progress in a networked age. he is our guest for the next three hours. if you would like to dial in and talk with mr. johnson, 202 is area code. 585-3880....
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johnson said. [laughter] i usually listen, but i was following up on your idea immediately. >> guest: let me say one other thing particularly about "future perfect," but this b has been true of some of you concern my books. you write books because you want to entertain people or persuade them of a perspective on the world, or you want to tell them a rich story and help them understand the world. some books are written that way. every now and then you write a book, and "future perfect" is one of them, where you're trying to encourage people to surprise you, right? [laughter] you're trying to tell them enough stories and give them a framework they can use, and the hope is that people will read "future perfect" and go out and then build a kind of peer network in some other facet of my road map at all, butfiearssay, showne and you gd inthvein on wo too ttin 99-year-old grandmoo is watching this show, no doubt, is always teasing me about, that i never actually finished that ph.d.. so -- but i've written
johnson said. [laughter] i usually listen, but i was following up on your idea immediately. >> guest: let me say one other thing particularly about "future perfect," but this b has been true of some of you concern my books. you write books because you want to entertain people or persuade them of a perspective on the world, or you want to tell them a rich story and help them understand the world. some books are written that way. every now and then you write a book, and...
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johnson and miss selby. please explain whether you think sit/lie is working to address public safety as intended across the city and how you would reform it, if indeed you would reform it? miss breed? >> i did vote yes on sit/lie. i had a number of issues in the upper haight that were just really unfortunate situations and i thought there needed to be some sort of solution to the problem. unfortunately it hasn't worked. we still have some real problems in the haight and we need to make sure that the social service agencies that deal with mental health abuse issues, that deal with drug treatment issues, those particular organizations are on the front line helping the folks who need the help. and the people that are and sometimes what we perceive as the "problems of the haight," are the ones that need the services the most and we need to make sure that the services are where they are needed. and they are needed in the haight and with sit-lie we just move the problem from one location to another. it's to look a
johnson and miss selby. please explain whether you think sit/lie is working to address public safety as intended across the city and how you would reform it, if indeed you would reform it? miss breed? >> i did vote yes on sit/lie. i had a number of issues in the upper haight that were just really unfortunate situations and i thought there needed to be some sort of solution to the problem. unfortunately it hasn't worked. we still have some real problems in the haight and we need to make...
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, with much of the nationals success. >> davey johnson is a true american. americans love winners. you hook up against johnson, he'll blow the socks right off of you. >> all right. frank howard who has no prediction on how far the nationals will go. as far as how their talent will take them. he aught to know. reporting live at nats park, scott broom, 9news now. >> the nats and davey johnson. they have a big fan pulling for them, that's for sure. >> a new twist on an old problem for metro today. standing water on the escalator this morning forces the system to close the station. we found some passengers waiting outside in the rain as trains passed them through the station beneath. >> they are repairing one, the other one won't run. they don't let people walk down the run that's not running and everybody stands in the rain waiting for one escalator. >> oh wow. okay. it took metro an hour to reopen those escalators. some passengers tweeted they were tired of waiting and walked instead. >> on a rainy day, that is -- mention for years, cover the escalators. rain
, with much of the nationals success. >> davey johnson is a true american. americans love winners. you hook up against johnson, he'll blow the socks right off of you. >> all right. frank howard who has no prediction on how far the nationals will go. as far as how their talent will take them. he aught to know. reporting live at nats park, scott broom, 9news now. >> the nats and davey johnson. they have a big fan pulling for them, that's for sure. >> a new twist on an old...
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johnson's tow car permit was it's actually two-part. it's basically the municipal code -- he has municipal code violations and it was an incomplete application. i have evidence but i will show it to you on the overhead. he applied for a new tow car application on december 14 of 2011. however, he did not submit his fingerprints as required by municipal police code section 3003(b). i called mr. johnson on his personal phone, and his current place of employment at that time, which was nelson's, as well as bay bridge, i talked to his employers, left messages for him on his phone, to submit his fingerprints to complete his application for a tow operator. after numerous requests, mr. johnson did arrive and that took until april to get him to come back in and submit his fingerprints. a criminal history check from the department of justice revealed mr. johnson had two arrests in september of 2007. and he was convicted on those in 2009. these were arrests for 23103(a) of the california vehicle code which is reckless driving and 594b1 which is va
johnson's tow car permit was it's actually two-part. it's basically the municipal code -- he has municipal code violations and it was an incomplete application. i have evidence but i will show it to you on the overhead. he applied for a new tow car application on december 14 of 2011. however, he did not submit his fingerprints as required by municipal police code section 3003(b). i called mr. johnson on his personal phone, and his current place of employment at that time, which was nelson's, as...
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it's written by former new mexico governor, gary johnson. and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor john said, when and why did you leave the republican party and become a libertarian? >> you know, i've probably been a libertarian my entire life. this is just kind of coming out of the closet. i don't think i am unlike most americans. i think there's a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarians as opposed to voting libertarian. so the picture and trying to make right now is vote libertarian with me this one time. give me a shot at changing things. and if it does somewhere, you can always return to tyranny and i'm going to argue that so so we have right now. >> what are the seven principles of good government you read about? >> one as being reality-based. just find out what his wife, base your decision inactions i'm not. make sure everybody that knows -- that should know what you're doing, knows what you're doing, so communicate. don't hesitate to deliver bad news. there's always
it's written by former new mexico governor, gary johnson. and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor john said, when and why did you leave the republican party and become a libertarian? >> you know, i've probably been a libertarian my entire life. this is just kind of coming out of the closet. i don't think i am unlike most americans. i think there's a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarians as opposed to voting...
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johnson gets ryan lavarnway for the final out. 50th save of the season for johnson. the o's close out the regular season. the home schedule completing a sweep of the red sox 3-0 as the o's take it this afternoon at camden yards. and typical of this year's orioles club, the drama, the crowd, the players all lingered after the game. pete gilbert joins us live from the yard. i know you had to seek shelter but at least while the game and then the most game took place, still sunny down there. >> absolutely spectacular. the game was so fast, two hours and 19 minutes. they finished before the angels game did. had the angels lost the orioles would have clinched a postseason berth. everyone, the fans all stayed, the players were on the field watching the video board here at camden yards to wait and see what would happen. it was a shared moment. everyone hanging on one pitch to see if indeed this would be the moment they would clinch. however, tori hunt her a two r.b.i. double in the top of the ninth and they went on the field. jim johnson was tipping his cap to the fans for e
johnson gets ryan lavarnway for the final out. 50th save of the season for johnson. the o's close out the regular season. the home schedule completing a sweep of the red sox 3-0 as the o's take it this afternoon at camden yards. and typical of this year's orioles club, the drama, the crowd, the players all lingered after the game. pete gilbert joins us live from the yard. i know you had to seek shelter but at least while the game and then the most game took place, still sunny down there....
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>> chris: he got excited talking about johnson's rise to power. but, as we turn to the final book, he's writing now, about johnson's presidency, in vietnam, his demeanor suddenly changed. >> the story is going to turn very dark. as soon as vietnam enters the picture. it is sort of a tragic story. a story of his great dreams, that are destroyed by a war. >> chris: you are 76 now. do you ever worry that you are not going to have time to finish this last book? >> well, sure. but, you know, it is not productive to think like that. >> chris: how long do you think it will take you to finish? >> i could say, three or four years, why would you believe me latest book nook nine part of t chapter f othe johnson story that is already written. >> chris: is it te that you ready know the last sentence of the book. >> i always have to have sentence. to write towards. i have no know what the conclusion is. >> chris: can you ll us? >> no! >> chr: i doozy a last sentence. >> well i >> chris: he feels the pressure to finish up the johnson story, he also has plans to
>> chris: he got excited talking about johnson's rise to power. but, as we turn to the final book, he's writing now, about johnson's presidency, in vietnam, his demeanor suddenly changed. >> the story is going to turn very dark. as soon as vietnam enters the picture. it is sort of a tragic story. a story of his great dreams, that are destroyed by a war. >> chris: you are 76 now. do you ever worry that you are not going to have time to finish this last book? >> well,...
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johnson goes all the way back. >> willie miranda. billy gardner. the guy that played right field was bob newman. >> reporter: he new buck showalter was the man. >> i like the way buck showalter handles the well team. he reminds me of earl weaver. i did look for him to turn the team around but i didn't know this would be this soon. in two years he turned the team around. >> reporter: for mr. johnson, orioles spirit is alive and well and enduring. >> wherever you go. i don't care if you go downtown or the county or anywhere this. really has pulled the city together. a lot has changed but the orioles will be the team. they're still the team. they're going to always be a team. baltimore will always have the orioles here. >> reporter: tim rutherford. >> great story. mr. johnson, this is for you. if you got any pictures, we got you covered with all things orioles. head to abc2news.com/orioles. you can also shear your stan photo -- share your fan photos with us and check out the omazing pictures. >>> from double blizzards to hurricane irene to the most re
johnson goes all the way back. >> willie miranda. billy gardner. the guy that played right field was bob newman. >> reporter: he new buck showalter was the man. >> i like the way buck showalter handles the well team. he reminds me of earl weaver. i did look for him to turn the team around but i didn't know this would be this soon. in two years he turned the team around. >> reporter: for mr. johnson, orioles spirit is alive and well and enduring. >> wherever you go....
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david: gary johnson, great to see you. very quickly, going back to neil, but just tell us who you thought won, one or the other? >> quickly, i win the debate. i'm not the third choice, but the only choice. choice. i am the only choice. >> i suspected that would be the answer. gary john sen from chicago. a beautiful shot. high definition. >> thank god you were there. >> the second time tonight we had satellite problems. i apologize. they're brief and and dave did excellent job there with gary johnson who wishes he could be in the debate. we think the next few minutes we will be engaged who people think one. what did candidates do in the morning and how early polls will read this. if you are mitt romney it disrupts a free fall. we will talk to douglas brinkley if it is a turning point* or eight punctuation point* more from the university of denver right after this. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got hel
david: gary johnson, great to see you. very quickly, going back to neil, but just tell us who you thought won, one or the other? >> quickly, i win the debate. i'm not the third choice, but the only choice. choice. i am the only choice. >> i suspected that would be the answer. gary john sen from chicago. a beautiful shot. high definition. >> thank god you were there. >> the second time tonight we had satellite problems. i apologize. they're brief and and dave did...
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but it has been a rough 250 days, tougher than johnson expected. he said his biggest lesson so far is learning what customers want it will take four years for the full transformation, johnson expects the hardest part to be over by christmas and expects to grow in the first quarter of 2013. now, i asked ron johnson what his christmas wish was and he said traffic. shoppers will love what they see once they are here. >>> legs look at each of the individual automakers and how he did here in the u.s. last month. a couple of numbers stand out. toyota coming in better than expected with a gain of 41.5%. gn and ford inline with analyst estimates. the best monthly seams ever for the chevy volt, selling more than 2800. earlier today, we had a chance to talk with the vp of sales whether or not gm is throwing $1.0,000 incentives into those transactions in order move the volt. he says that number is overstated. >> it's less than that, phil. obviously we don't talk about what we are specifically spending on any particular vehicle. we think it is the right place
but it has been a rough 250 days, tougher than johnson expected. he said his biggest lesson so far is learning what customers want it will take four years for the full transformation, johnson expects the hardest part to be over by christmas and expects to grow in the first quarter of 2013. now, i asked ron johnson what his christmas wish was and he said traffic. shoppers will love what they see once they are here. >>> legs look at each of the individual automakers and how he did here...
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miss johnson? >> i still -- the sunshine ordinance task force refers violation of the open government laws to the ethics commission between 2004 and 2011, we had referred -- i was on it ÷ cases went to them. and they haven't heard -- they have only heard one out of those cases. they found a violation and they requested that the mayor remove the president of the library commission. so we need an ethics commission that is willing to enforce our laws. here in san francisco, they don't have to start reporting certain campaign financing until it's $5,000. in los angeles, that is $1,000. so we could reform the laws in that way. there is a possibility that we should just eliminate the ethics commission. it's appointed by the departments that are at city hall. so they appoint their friends, which makes it inherently somewhat difficult for them to perform the job they are supposed to firm. this was created in 1993 and it was said to have created an extra layer of bureaucracy and i think that is playing out
miss johnson? >> i still -- the sunshine ordinance task force refers violation of the open government laws to the ethics commission between 2004 and 2011, we had referred -- i was on it ÷ cases went to them. and they haven't heard -- they have only heard one out of those cases. they found a violation and they requested that the mayor remove the president of the library commission. so we need an ethics commission that is willing to enforce our laws. here in san francisco, they don't have...
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it was too much of a stretch for johnson. johnson then appointed abe forlis who had been his personal lawyer and to whom he was very close, and the whole confirmation became a test of johnson's ability to poll on the senate, and he had lost that ability by that point. so the tragedy from warren's perspective, anyway, is that fordis' resignation bogs down, ultimately he's forced to withdraw his nomination, and warren and fordid both return to the court in '69 sort of awkwardly. warren, i suspect he could have figured out a way to stay longer and not give nixon the vacancy he would have done so, but the stated reason for his leaving was he'd gotten too old, and he wasn't getting any younger. so he did end up in the awkward situation of first having to swear in richard nixon and then having to give him his vacancy. as a result, as i'm sure you all know, nixon quickly got to replace two justices in that first be year of his presidency. yes, sir. >> you noted how the same man who tallied the unanimous vote in the brown case is als
it was too much of a stretch for johnson. johnson then appointed abe forlis who had been his personal lawyer and to whom he was very close, and the whole confirmation became a test of johnson's ability to poll on the senate, and he had lost that ability by that point. so the tragedy from warren's perspective, anyway, is that fordis' resignation bogs down, ultimately he's forced to withdraw his nomination, and warren and fordid both return to the court in '69 sort of awkwardly. warren, i suspect...
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there is one final chapter of the johnson story that is already written. >> chris: is it true that you already know the last sentence of the book? >> i always have to it have a last sentence to write towards. i have to know what the con >> chris: can you tell us what -- >> no. >> chris: is it a doozy of the last sentence? >> i hope so. >> chris: he also has plans to write another book on a different subject after that. as big fan of his work, i can't wait to read it. and we'll have a >>. >> chris: finally this program note. stay tuned to this station and fox news channel for complete coverage of the first presidential debate in denver. that is wednesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. that is it for today.
there is one final chapter of the johnson story that is already written. >> chris: is it true that you already know the last sentence of the book? >> i always have to it have a last sentence to write towards. i have to know what the con >> chris: can you tell us what -- >> no. >> chris: is it a doozy of the last sentence? >> i hope so. >> chris: he also has plans to write another book on a different subject after that. as big fan of his work, i can't...
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he is a student of power, how you get it and what you do with it and johnson he says was a genius at both. >> chris: how long did you think it was going to take you? >> i thought about ten years. >> chris: and now we are, what, 36 years into this? >> something like that. >> chris: the breadth and depth of the work is stunning. since 1976, caro has written four books, 3400 pages, winning almost every award there is starting with the pulitzer and not yet to johnson and vietnam. why has it taken so long? when caro looked at how johnson was first elec elected so the e in 1948 by 40 votes he wrote a book about it. >> nobody has ever looked and said this is what a stolen election it. >> chris: and the late evangelicals tells how johnson succeeded john kennedy and saved his agenda. >> he takes legislation that wasn't going to pass civil rights, the tax cut bill and in an in tant johnson gets it moving towards passage. >> thank you very, very, very much. >> chris: last week, caro took part in the library of congress book festival on the national mall and made clear he made johnson come alive
he is a student of power, how you get it and what you do with it and johnson he says was a genius at both. >> chris: how long did you think it was going to take you? >> i thought about ten years. >> chris: and now we are, what, 36 years into this? >> something like that. >> chris: the breadth and depth of the work is stunning. since 1976, caro has written four books, 3400 pages, winning almost every award there is starting with the pulitzer and not yet to johnson...
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. >> chris johnson: yep. and that's the intent. >> kroft: until last spring, chris johnson was the c.i.a.'s top analyst on china, and he's briefed the last three presidents on what's been happening behind the scenes in beijing. he tells a different story than huawei's bill plummer. >> johnson: the problem, i think, is really it boils down to an issue of will the company take some steps to make themselves, you know, more transparent about their operations and what their ultimate goal is, especially this relationship with the chinese government, with the chinese communist party, and with the people's liberation army. >> kroft: johnson says the military has always played a role in chinese telecommunications, and that huawei's reclusive c.e.o. served as an army major in telecommunications research before he retired and founded huawei, supposedly with a few thousand dollars in savings and no help from the chinese government. what could you tell me about the guy that runs this company, ren? >> johnson: ren zhengfei
. >> chris johnson: yep. and that's the intent. >> kroft: until last spring, chris johnson was the c.i.a.'s top analyst on china, and he's briefed the last three presidents on what's been happening behind the scenes in beijing. he tells a different story than huawei's bill plummer. >> johnson: the problem, i think, is really it boils down to an issue of will the company take some steps to make themselves, you know, more transparent about their operations and what their...